Companies have typically relied on process automation to increase manufacturing performance. That being said, many process facilities currently rely on paper documents, spreadsheets, and log books to schedule, document, and coordinate plant operations. 

Thriving in today’s global business climate requires that process manufacturing companies identify new opportunities to reduce costs , increase quality, increase production, and increase productivity.  The next wave of manufacturing productivity is coming from the application of Manufacturing Operations Management systems to manage operations related to procedures, materials, equipment, personnel and production documentation. The ISA95 standard specifically addresses the application of technology for Manufacturing Operations Management.

Please join Emerson Process Management and Novaspect for a one-day seminar on Syncade™ Smart Operations Management Suite.

Syncade provides for the real-time management of people, equipment, and materials for work- in-process. The seminar will show how Syncade can provide a step change in managing and coordinating your plant operations through computerized systems, enabling paperless manufacturing.

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Date: March 18, 2010
Time: 8:00am - 3:15pm CST
Price: NO CHARGE

Location:
Holiday Inn-Elk Grove
1000 Busse Road
Elk Grove Village, IL.60007
847-437-6010 (Reservations)
www.hielkgrove.com 

Agenda:

8:00 Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:00 Keynote Speaker, David Adler

Real World Studies: Productivity in Manufacturing Using Automation, MES, and Data

• Factors for Project Success
• Manufacturing Productivity Lifecycle cost and benefits
• Does MES Deliver Value?

9:30 Using Manufacturing IT to Increase Plant Performance

• Operations Management
• Resource Management
• Manufacturing IT Integration
• Paperless Manufacturing

10:00 Increasing the Efficiency of Document Management

• Document Control and Change Management
• Assuring Personnel are Training on Procedure Documents
• Speed Document Review and Approval
• Automation and Control of Paper Production Records
• Plant Floor Document Access

10:30  Break

10:45  Increase Capacity Utilization with Smart Equipment Management

• Reducing the cost of documenting equipment events
• Assuring equipment is in the correct state before its is used
• Electronic enforcement of business rules related to equipment usage
• Cleaning validation management
• Room cleaning management
• Equipment hygienic state and sterile state management

11:15 Increase Manufacturing Performance by Integrating Manufacturing IT from the Plant Floor to the Enterprise

• Typical Data Architecture for Manufacturing IT Integration
• Data Flow and Business Value for ERP to Plant Floor Integration
• Data Flow and Business Value for Laboratory System to Plant Floor Integration
• Data Flow and Business Value for Maintenance Management  to Plant Floor Integration

11:30   Lunch Provided

12:15  Using Electronic Workflow and Production Records to Reduce Operating Errors, Non-Conformances, Cost of Quality and Time to Market

• Using Electronic Workflow to Reduce Operator Errors
• Increasing Operator Productivity by Automating Operator Calculations, Material Reconciliations, and Data Entry
• Increase QA Productivity with Review by Exception

1:15  Using Lean Manufacturing Analysis to Justify Investment in Manufacturing IT

• Basics of Value Stream Mapping
• Typical Sources of Return on Investment
• Review of an Example Business Case

2:00  Break

2:15  Data Integration Best Practices (Part II of the 11:15am presentation)  

• Getting the Right Information to the Right Person at the Right Time
• Reporting and Dashboards
• Getting disparate systems to share data

3:15  Adjourn/ Open Discussions

Speakers

Dave Adler,  Automation Consultant, Former Eli Lilly

Dave Adler has a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue and over 30 years of experience improving manufacturing at Eli Lilly using automation technologies.  Dave has managed complex projects, led global programs, and developed process engineering and automation strategies.  While at Lilly, Dave collected the lifecycle cost and benefits of 44 projects to confirm the justifications for automation.  Dave retired from Eli Lilly in 2008 and has continued his passion for manufacturing efficiency as an independent consultant and has expanded his industry benchmarking dataset to include 24 projects across 16 companies.  He is an industry authority on automation best practices, technologies, project management, and workforce development.  Dave received Control Magazines "Automated Plant of the Year Award", ISA's award for an outstanding publication, and Lilly's Engineering Excellence Award.

Bill Carey, Emerson

Bill has a BS in Electrical Engineering and has 13 years of technical experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems.  His focus has been in the FDA regulated industries.  Responsibilities have encompassed requirements analysis, implementation services, justification studies, demonstration support, proposal writing, training, and testing.  Prior to joining Emerson, Bill was with ABB and Base Ten Systems. 

Jonathan Lustri, Emerson Syncade Business Manager

 Jonathan has a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas and has 25 years of experience in process engineering, chemical R&D, marketing and life sciences consulting.  Jonathan is currently the Brand Manager for Emerson's Syncade Smart Operations Management Suite product line.